Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-07-14

With thongs that God alone can break
o foolish World. How prone to choose III
wrong;
To clasp pollution TO your breast and shun
Justice and Righteousness and purity
The years pass on. The haTlot one, 30 fair
lIa> bound the people in her chains Of death
Her arms. cr>twhilc so soft, ,tiffcn Ike steel
And crush the victims in her close embrace;
Her .irrn face assumes Gorgon'> mcn
A. writhc the wrctche, in their agony,
But God j. merctuI. and W hen h, hear,
Iii, children cry, he la,> aside hi wrath
And answers them. Sowith ropentanc, come
Returning strength and with 4 mighty ihrnc
They burst their shackle> ~ an earthquake
shock
Rfnds PRISON doors and SETS the prisoners free
Like fire rushing Wild
The news Of cruel war (. spread
From Maine, cast borders 10 ,hc Colder
Gatc-.
~ SUMTER fall and Feninsular defeats.
All threatening our nation. capital.
The call for brave and true men, long and loud
The harloi'> hancful life 10 crush, ring out
In thunder tones upon the startled >Aie-;
The patriots cry i quick replied
And mid tie thunder smoke and Iur,d ri,rr
~ battle. with it. heaps Of CORY dead
Aforhug shelter from the shifting hail
Where brave men stand ana coward. cen
crow bold
lh,, .mi'r ,h, monster with bolt. ~ Jo,,
Ana lt.f her l.t..lc.. csr,... fr,p, tA.. fbr,,,.
r.sr down b,r ,hrin, and J.a,.. d,...,tc
The baum, * r,s, bird, and b,.,.t. oftf,,
Triuur!+gi,t., ia. Ia il.,t.o,.rall
t,al.suf h.r.... affb,. North v,r,. The,
ru yyIa., ,l.sr n,,uror, I'M. .I,,fi wc raise
Whom, f,.,rri,,,i.,,, ,..,ll..l n.lr,,,, fr;,1
Now Te.t iu t.,,,cw wA.r, the, j. Lra,,h died.
Weary. SCI, io,ou.. t.. m, .pjrir .tIiJ..
pp,,. NOR, / Turned and l,il ,.,in., M. kr.,
Ms head. Ana banding .cu,I, over M.
He pr,..,,l li. hand ut,op IN, rDr,l.h.n. brow
At.l ,l.tg. 70 MD b.. ..rgl,.
Within 3D., and sl6,l.., while fo.ferjp.
fls. har,ar queen The people learned To lo,r
Another Idol. slight At hr>t the bond,
which drew them To him: w,ak and .,ar,-.ly
fit
III. stripping grasp. But noN "a giant grown
H. ryrant sway j. we'll nigh absolute
Dire va, the havoc that the other made:
The monster. deed. are oven vet more black :
And vet The people win not .cc IN iha,
Ii,,. nor, than aIi beside, their danger. Look.
II thou -an-t bear to view the ,roublou. :. .h,.
Ana Viii sivs thee power 10 -cr beyond
=. ft.t H., '.uh ,,.~~ s..i d. .s.'
land.
\ "aIi Of anguish 'moie upon my car
Ana a. 'ifA'h'u M e!' 40 N''A =
y distant crowd appeared 'uLAu'u"u-' N1'''
>ur-'h- iAt hi'lo" On 4 t''NH '"4'''
Nearer y cam 'hd WA 'n'u'' i'i'' 'N' az
And in NE mast '"--'fhA"' APPEAR"
iih aspect 'f4-h'iu'' M" -" ''' ''''
Struggled the maddched crowd "ht'h IT."
aiaC'.
q cA-rr 70 10 homS-r. Here a"
Nith idtutir .azr men stare aEapc
tpon the on-yoming car until IT. Wheels
Their holi.> ground into the du>t ana thtF"
other "iih 2'a-''s raised drank OH -I'"'
drauzhi~
~ poison. tin thcig biood-hot IS rbaIi, 2lcainrd
Win maniacal light, and -rizlnZ h"'i
~ some poor victim. hurried Them both b'-
meath
l he cruel " heels ana -'I! lh' 'AI I"'''" GU
beard The angul-hcd plea Of wife ami chiIh
tur surtur and Tor mercy but 'i' l''i'
Tle mlaId,ncd curse and blow a'onr rrpil'd.
And nutir would -ANe them from Ihr i" "a
death.
Statesmen ,aw 20 r.cAins from their hall.
jude from bench and iAwyer- from the par
And cast them-,l,e, prone IA the WAY Of
death
CRYING. "All hail thou Sovereign supreme, -
And the vast throng took up the cry, "All hail
Thou sovereign supreme" :" Aud then glimpse
caught. the parted crowd between, OF Hell.
Which followed in the wake OF the great car.
luc,..,allt lightning lit the dread abyss.
And shrek, Of lost soul, mingled with the
shout,
oith. tlcblurhc,l multitude: but they
I-uhrrdfuI Of the impending fate. pressed
on
ro sacrifice. iL.n,.4I,e, meath Bacchus' shrine
The nioLt ,,me down; but bv the glarn4
u,ht
Of hurl.in. buildings. >hudd,ring could ~e'
The r,d.srr.,k.d face Of Murder rushing ~
Hiood .lrjppinr from Iii. guilty hands De
,nnir.
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